bunintheoven

For those who might be a bit curious about my art process for the preggoXpresso commissions I've made this blog post.Typically a commission like this takes me 3 to 4 hours. Mira took just a little over 4 hours.1.  After going through any reference and requirements from the commissioner, I start on the sketch process. This process can be very quick if I'm 'in the zone' and can be done in about 10 minutes. The Sketch and Drawing phase are the part I enjoy most as when it goes really well it feels fun and almost effortless. The sketch is very rough and mostly about the pose.2. The Drawing phase is where I pull out what I think I can see in the smudge sketch and realise it as the character - getting the face, expression, personality nailed down. There's a lot of me squinting at the smudgy sketch and turning on/off my drawing layer that sits above the sketch to see whether it's straying from the sketch, is faithful to the sketch or maybe much better! 3. If my lines were clean enough I